Category: Radio Free Blogistan

  • Building Link Taxonomies

    Say, does Radio offer any link management features? I realize that the blog model says that only the latest or most-linked-to sites are of interest, but it seems that categorizing these links (beyond simply the category/channels built into Radio) might be worthwhile. For one thing, I could tell if I had already cited a link…

  • Corporate Blogs

    The growing idea that businesses and other enterprises can benefit from using blogs to categorize relevant external links or contextualize and prioritize their own knowledge stores continues to show up in media such as this (don’t laugh) WorldCom article.

  • Homework for Radio vs. Blogger Matchup

    AppSwitching Diary at LooselyCoupled.com discusses the decision one publisher made between Radio and Blogger for his site. The writer, Phil Wainewright, opted for Blogger but doesn’t make a very strong argument for it, discussing customizable templates, something both services feature. He does cite this difference: Radio requires installation on my local PC, whereas Blogger functions…

  • This Morning's Referer Logs (and Coffee)

    Found some interesting links in my referer logs this morning (I keep wanting to spell it referrer, not sure why). Flak Magazine writes positively about Salon’s move and calls Radio Free Blogistan the rare blog about blogging that actually gets beyond bashing small-town newspaper columnists who think blogging is self-indulgent. New is Free seems to…

  • Testing the Manila-Blogger Bridge

    Posting this should create a mirror of this site (at http://memewatch.com/blogistan/). Hmm, it doesn’t pick up the backlog (the ‘klog). Strangely the mirror seems to be down now, or I don’t fully understand how it’s supposed to work (more likely). It isn’t picking up new posts or edited posts, for that matter. Hmm, it appears…

  • Blog Making Sense

    Went to see Television Sunday night at the Great American Music Hall with three old friends, all of whom are fairly hip and web savvy, none of whom have ever heard the word “blog.” I explained what I could but it reminded me that while we may be around the tipping point, we’re still a…